Millennial women are too quick to shame men

While it’s a relief to see abusers brought to book, sometimes a clumsy pass or wandering hand is better laughed off

From his wheelchair, President Bush Sr, 93, reached behind a young woman at a photocall, touched her bottom and said: “Do you want to know who my favourite magician is? David Cop-a-feel!” Beside him, Bush’s wife, Barbara, rolled her eyes. So is this, as actress Jordana Grolnick claims, a sexual assault?

“Absolutely,” says the 25-year-old sitting with me at lunch. “The male entitlement to touch that woman’s body. We should have zero tolerance.” And technically I know she is right. Sexual harassment is a spectrum which leads from copping that feel — on the Tube, in a bar — via persistent groping right up to Harvey Weinstein’s hotel room.

So why did I hesitate, roll my eyes like Barbara, put it down to poor old…

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